What Makes a Good, Traditional Barlow?

Another shot for today
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Agreed, Lloyd! I like the contrast of the shiny bolsters and blade on the spey with the patina on the spear. And the bone on that spey is spectacular!
 
Thanks Phil! Didn't think a thing about the contrast (shiny versus patina) before hand--thanks for noticing or pointing that out. I got this Day's Work from the man at the OKCA show this past year. I think I got if from him either later in the day on the first day of the show or the next morning--can't remember for sure now. I was surprised it was still there considering the throng at his table right when the show opened. Charlie is sneaky as he has other folders (TCs) stashed away that he pulls out or discovers and adds to the table top for sale once and awhile as the show unfolds. Anyway, it is one of my most prized TCs as he also wrote something (personalized) and autographed the tube for me. Lloyd
 
Personalized tube and a handshake from the man himself... doesn't get any better than that, Lloyd!

Robert, they come big around these parts!

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philllll said:
Personalized tube and a handshake from the man himself... doesn't get any better than that, Lloyd!

Robert, they come big around these parts!

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Very nice bucket mouth ya got there! Here's one I snatched out of a golf course last summer.

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I really really want an easy opener like that. I think I would prefer a different handle material though. I sadly do not yet own a TC and I am on the lookout for the next run of em! I do have two of the NF barlows which I enjoy a lot. I use them, and the patina shows it!

Latest barlow is this #25 for me!
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jprime84 said:
I really really want an easy opener like that. I think I would prefer a different handle material though. I sadly do not yet own a TC and I am on the lookout for the next run of em! I do have two of the NF barlows which I enjoy a lot. I use them, and the patina shows it!

Latest barlow is this #25 for me!
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2016 will see a second run of the one-arms in jigged bone.

(Also, that 25 isn't a barlow...)
 
wundergussy said:
2016 will see a second run of the one-arms in jigged bone.

(Also, that 25 isn't a barlow...)
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Yeah I suppose you are right - im still a noob - that bolster inst large enough for the barlow look, and the EO notch doesnt fit either. When I bought it I had started out looking at their "little barlows" and the jigging on this 25 caught my eye so much that I didnt realize it was one of the little jacks.

Thanks for the 2016 run info!
 
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